as in optimistically
in a positive or optimistic manner
They waited hopefully for the doctor to update them on their friend's condition. When the sun appeared, we asked hopefully if everyone remembered to bring sunblock.
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This was also spurred by Joel Embiid imploring fans not to sell their tickets to hopefully maintain a home-court advantage.
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Oh adds the notion of subsuming Asian-American characters into mainstream white storytelling, or leaving them out as too risky, is hopefully over.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
The move will hopefully inject new life into one of its biggest properties.
—Peter White, Deadline, 8 May 2026
By flipping the switch, the aim is to look at fashion and the human form with a wider, and hopefully, wiser lens that considers our commonality, too.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Oh adds the notion of subsuming Asian-American characters into mainstream white storytelling, or leaving them out as too risky, is hopefully over.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
The move will hopefully inject new life into one of its biggest properties.
—Peter White, Deadline, 8 May 2026
By flipping the switch, the aim is to look at fashion and the human form with a wider, and hopefully, wiser lens that considers our commonality, too.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for hopefully
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopefully
Adverb
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But the county found the Rays’ proposal leaned too optimistically on a sales tax known as the Community Investment Tax, which most commissioners said in 2024 would not go to a new stadium.—
Nicolas Villamil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Last month, the governor optimistically suggested that the bridge could be open as soon as 2030, with aspirations of him cutting the ribbon for the new bridge.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Now, here is The Iguana driving happily to town to finally bury the frozen pets.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Small children happily dash out of the local ice-cream shop, dripping cones in hand.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Adverb
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Indeed, Calvin is cheerfully lobotomizing a snowman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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In Atlanta, my hometown airport, cheerfully marketed as the world’s busiest, had descended into organized chaos.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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At certain peaks, such as Italy’s Stromboli and Etna volcanoes, which regularly spout fountains of lava, scientists can confidently forecast an outburst.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
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Add some defencemen If one, two or even three blueliners go out, the Leafs will need to both replace and upgrade with defencemen who can more capably and confidently move the puck and boost the offence.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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The space itself is magical, and seeing people of all generations dancing together, so joyfully and freely, takes it to a new level.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 May 2026
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Andy reunites with Nigel Kipling (Tucci), Miranda’s close confidant who’s as kind and joyfully caustic as ever, and also Emily Charlton (Blunt), Andy’s frenemy from the first film, who has traded in magazines for retail because that’s where the money is now.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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As real trees begin to bloom outside, photographer Widline Cadet picks through two playfully oversized bouquets of positively unnatural plastic flowers.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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Gender-diverse teams have been shown to contribute positively to collaboration and interpersonal communication across professional settings, including in health care teams.—
Nicholas A. Giordano,
STAT,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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What follows is pure dance, a joyously propulsive, non-stop sequence of duets, trios, ensemble dances.—
Jennifer Homans,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Hopefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopefully. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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